Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-03

hA1G hat419A4 - nos Only abe latter,
but be il an inyssersfe gambler and
spsndthEift. and has All The plsaaa1s
wees which distinguished Charles IL
His Majesty dresses 10 an otdinsry suit
Of civilians clothes, and Il vel booking
and veil spoken. he has besa 20
EuEope, has . srDsttegina Of FFsneh, and
IL even "a indifferent performer on the
piano. ! need not cay that all TIE great
ofheers Of State are white men, irclud-
inR
TIE LORD HI6H ADMIRAL on THE YLKKT,
The Field Marsbal. commanding His
Astesty's land forces. and all the Lesser
fnncttoDaTiss Of the LsIlip9s Kingdom
Of Hawaii An order Of KniahthOod
hss been invested 10 keep pace With the
sovereiRntiss Of Europe, bat somehow
nobody seems very dssirous Of beng
made . member Of 10.
IN A wEAK BouR THE susAE KENO or THK
OF rHK P0TKBo oSEEKETKD
To Be admitted a. Knight Commander
# the illnstFioas Chapter, al impru-
denee which has cost Sir Claus tens Of
thousands Of dollars, has hsaped upon
bin everlasting ridieule, and nearly
ended In his son being tried for the
% rider Of Mr.. De Young. All the rough
work about the wharvss, warehouses,
ETC., IL performed By KsBskaa. oonse
quently q white man has got no business
here unless be has got q calling or trade.
Even then bis chances Of getting q job
are much simmer than they are in
America. OF o1urse the work on the
plantations calls for thousands Of hands
bus the whole Of IL. sxcs ut the supervi-
sion, IL done BY imported Coolies. II IL
the wish Of the Government that the
natives should he employed at eli the
casual unskilled Jobs which offer them
selves. consequently Kansks labor is
patronised b. most Of the great mer-
chants and store keepers. The Islanders
are Of simple habits, and. provided they
can only get q place TO sleep in, and q
supply Of the national edible, pod, care
little for the hssh pots Of Egypt. This
poi" isa
6LUTINoUs SORT or A MESS,
Prepared fFom the Eo0t Of the "taro. Z"
In appearance IL is not unlike condemned
milk and IL utterly tastsless to American
palates. Great care and skill are de
meRdsd IN its preparation. and much
ceremony IL observed In eating Il. Il Ia
q social dish, never paFtaken OF privately
and the poi fiends" always have an
understanding among themselves a. 10
how many fingers shall be used ia dip
ping into the oalabash. Thus. there is
TWO TISoKRKD POL. THREE YNaKRKD POI.
Etc. Ths arrangement invariably being
regulated by the quantity of the stuf
there Ia available. Little white dogs
are in great demand az an edible. and
are pFopoFtionately dear, native think
ing himself fortunate II be makes q
square meal of one, once in six months.
The population A. . whole are lovable
and amiable. "think no evil" Of one
another, and are very slow 81 compFe-
head or resent an injury. That their
race Ia doomed 10 extinction Is certain,
and very few decades will see the sur
vivAl of 'the last man" Az to the gov
eminent II Is altogether corrupt, the
most shameless iObbery being permitted
and the funds devoted 10 public works
being systematically perverted to private
uses. " The Kings set" lately tosk q
bEibe Of $4,000 from the local Chinese
merchants. TO be privy TO the latters
evasion Of the opium duty. Now, il sp-
pears the former are unable to keep
faith With them, on account Of their be
ing In minority With the Government.
Naturally the Cinnamon demand the
retdrn Of their money, bat the Kings
people can't let them have Il, having
squandered the whole lot In festivities
and gambling. The Chinese, through
their representative at Washington,
hava unada foFuaf daraanA m, kha Vfno
for the return Of the bride, threatening
hOstilitiea II IL IL not Immediately forth
coming. As the treasury Is bankrupt,
aud as the Kings credit is cracked, il
IL not known what turn matters will
take, bot 9 bombaTdment Of the city IL
not an improbable contingency.
An embryo navy Ia being constructed.
and IL Ia thought that in q few days
time the one wretohed acow composing
IL will be ready to receive her arms-
ment." This. In all probability, will
consist OF two Of the old smooth bores
frSm Punch Bowl Hill tradition SAYS
Cook brought them over with him a
hundred years ago, and sold them 10 the
natives because they we're played sut
and three or four Of the rusty oaEron-
AIDES in possession Of the iunk-store
men. For the sake OF the pleasure
loving king, II Ia TO be hoped he can
arrange paciheation With the outraged
Chinese Government, for it is certain
his wooden walls and his rusty old can
non would stand a poor show against
the beited armoF aud rifisd ordnance OF
Sir William Armstrong Il 90. KAuI.
Honolulu, II. l., March Ia, 1887.